Final Project Advocacy Action Plan

CHS236Unit7FinalProjectAdvocacyActionPlan

Overview

NAEYC KEY ASSESSMENT

For your final project, you will create an Advocacy Action Plan (AAP) that requires you

to demonstrate the culmination of knowledge you have gained throughout this course

about fundamental concepts and core underlying components for authentic home-

school-community partnerships. Building on your AAP work in Units 3 and 5, you will: 1)

identify an advocacy issue (a pressing issue and/or concern for young children and their

families), 2) act as an advocate for change, and 3) plan action.

Your AAP Final Project has two parts:

• Written Advocacy Action Plan: Your AAP will consist of 4 to 5 pages not

including the Title and References

pages.

You are required to utilize course

resources (e.g., textbooks, articles, and media).

• AAP Presentation

: Prepare and record a 5 to 7 minute narrated presentation of

the key advocacy and action messages.

Instructions

Complete all of the following steps.

Part 1: Written Advocacy Action Plan (AAP)

1. Identify one issue based on the status of children in your home state or another

chosen state (Children’s Defense Fund Annual “Children in the States Fact

Sheets”).

2. Connect the issue to one (1) of the five Strengthening Families Protective

Factors.

• Write an explicit description of the issue and the connection to a protective

factor. The five protective factors are:

1) Parental resilience,

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Community

Unit 7 Final Project: Advocacy Action Plan & Presentation

2) Social connections,

3) Knowledge of parenting and child development,

4) Concrete support in times of need, and

5) Social and emotional competence of children.

3. Describe your advocacy position.

Explain why you have selected this issue and the need to advocate for change,

and apply the following to your advocacy position:

• One (1) sociological theory

• At least two (2) fundamental course concepts

• At least one (1) ideal or principle from the NAEYC Code of Ethical

Conduct

• Address Key Elements 2a and 2b in NAEYC Standard 2 Building Family

and Community Relationships

o 2a. Knowing about and understanding diverse family and

community characteristics

o 2b. Supporting and engaging families and communities through

respectful, reciprocal relationships

4. Design an Action Team and your detailed plan for advocacy action.

• Describe your ACTION TEAM: Who will you need to partner with in the

development and implementation of your plan? Families must be on the

team! You are not to do this on your own!

• How will you address this issue to improve conditions for families with

young children?

• Utilize at least two evidence-based programs, approaches, strategies

and/or tools from course resources. Examples: Help Me Grow, a checklist

from Beyond the Bake Sale, an article, and/or a video.

• Explain how this action plan supports families as their children’s first and

most important teachers and advocates!

Part 2: AAP Presentation

• Record a 5-7 minute narrated presentation based on your written AAP (Part

1).

o Option 1: You may record a video of yourself presenting without slides.

For this option, review the CHS236 YouTube Video Submission

Instructions to learn how to submit your video to YouTube.

OR

o Option 2: You may create a narrated slide presentation using

PowerPoint. For this option, review the CHS236 Add Audio to

PowerPoint and Save as Video Instructions to learn how to record

audio to your slides and the CHS236 YouTube Video Submission

Instructions to learn how to submit your video to YouTube.

• Your presentation must include the following items to help others understand

and support your key advocacy issue, position and action messages.

o Communicate a thorough and persuasive advocacy statement.

o Include key messages from all of the written AAP sections (advocacy

issue, Protective Factor, advocacy position, action plan and action

team).

o Be sure to demonstrate application of one sociological theory, and two

fundamental course concepts.

• Upload your completed presentation (Option 1 or Option 2) to YouTube and

obtain a viewing link for submission.

Requirements

• Written AAP

o Word document in APA 7 format (with Title Page and Reference Page).

o Minimum four to five (4-5) pages in length, excluding Title and Reference

pages.
• AAP Presentation

o Narrated video five to seven (5-7) minutes in length uploaded to YouTube.

• Submit both the Written AAP and the AAP Presentation YouTube link to the Unit

7 assignment submission link.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated

before you write and again after you write.

Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 7
Points: 120 Points

Overview

NAEYC KEY ASSESSMENT

For your final project, you will create an Advocacy Action Plan (AAP) that requires you
to demonstrate the culmination of knowledge you have gained throughout this course
about fundamental concepts and core underlying components for authentic home-
school-community partnerships. Building on your AAP work in Units 3 and 5, you will: 1)
identify an advocacy issue (a pressing issue and/or concern for young children and their
families), 2) act as an advocate for change, and 3) plan action.

Your AAP Final Project has two parts:

• Written Advocacy Action Plan: Your AAP will consist of 4 to 5 pages not
including the Title and References pages. You are required to utilize course
resources (e.g., textbooks, articles, and media).

• AAP Presentation: Prepare and record a 5 to 7 minute narrated presentation of
the key advocacy and action messages.

Instructions

Complete all of the following steps.

Part 1: Written Advocacy Action Plan (AAP)

1. Identify one issue based on the status of children in your home state or another
chosen state (Children’s Defense Fund Annual “Children in the States Fact
Sheets”).

2. Connect the issue to one (1) of the five Strengthening Families Protective
Factors.

• Write an explicit description of the issue and the connection to a protective
factor. The five protective factors are:

1) Parental resilience,

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Community

Unit 7 Final Project: Advocacy Action Plan & Presentation

2) Social connections,
3) Knowledge of parenting and child development,
4) Concrete support in times of need, and
5) Social and emotional competence of children.

3. Describe your advocacy position.

Explain why you have selected this issue and the need to advocate for change,
and apply the following to your advocacy position:

• One (1) sociological theory

• At least two (2) fundamental course concepts

• At least one (1) ideal or principle from the NAEYC Code of Ethical
Conduct

• Address Key Elements 2a and 2b in NAEYC Standard 2 Building Family
and Community Relationships

o 2a. Knowing about and understanding diverse family and
community characteristics

o 2b. Supporting and engaging families and communities through
respectful, reciprocal relationships

4. Design an Action Team and your detailed plan for advocacy action.

• Describe your ACTION TEAM: Who will you need to partner with in the
development and implementation of your plan? Families must be on the
team! You are not to do this on your own!

• How will you address this issue to improve conditions for families with
young children?

• Utilize at least two evidence-based programs, approaches, strategies
and/or tools from course resources. Examples: Help Me Grow, a checklist
from Beyond the Bake Sale, an article, and/or a video.

• Explain how this action plan supports families as their children’s first and
most important teachers and advocates!

Part 2: AAP Presentation

• Record a 5-7 minute narrated presentation based on your written AAP (Part
1).

o Option 1: You may record a video of yourself presenting without slides.
For this option, review the CHS236 YouTube Video Submission
Instructions to learn how to submit your video to YouTube.

OR

o Option 2: You may create a narrated slide presentation using
PowerPoint. For this option, review the CHS236 Add Audio to
PowerPoint and Save as Video Instructions to learn how to record
audio to your slides and the CHS236 YouTube Video Submission
Instructions to learn how to submit your video to YouTube.

• Your presentation must include the following items to help others understand
and support your key advocacy issue, position and action messages.

o Communicate a thorough and persuasive advocacy statement.

o Include key messages from all of the written AAP sections (advocacy
issue, Protective Factor, advocacy position, action plan and action
team).

o Be sure to demonstrate application of one sociological theory, and two
fundamental course concepts.

• Upload your completed presentation (Option 1 or Option 2) to YouTube and
obtain a viewing link for submission.

Requirements

• Written AAP
o Word document in APA 7 format (with Title Page and Reference Page).
o Minimum four to five (4-5) pages in length, excluding Title and Reference

pages.
• AAP Presentation

o Narrated video five to seven (5-7) minutes in length uploaded to YouTube.
• Submit both the Written AAP and the AAP Presentation YouTube link to the Unit

7 assignment submission link.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated
before you write and again after you write.

CRITERIA 4
Exemplary

3
Proficient

2
Needs

Improvement

1
Deficient

20 Points 16 – 19 Points 12 – 15 Points 0 – 11 Points
Standard 2a
Knowing
about and
understandin
g diverse
family and
community
characteristic
s.

Advocacy issue
pertaining to
children,
families, and/or
the community
is stated in
explicit terms.
Strong
evidence that
the issue was
obtained from
CDF research
on the status of
children.

Advocacy issue
is presented
with some
evidence of
connection to
the CDF state
data.

Advocacy issue
is presented.
Connections to
CDF state
research.

Advocacy issue is
presented with
minimal to no
connections to
CDF state
research.

20 Points 16 – 19 Points 12 – 15 Points 0 – 11 Points
Standard 2b
Supporting
and engaging
families and
communities
through
respectful,
reciprocal
relationships.

The action plan
explicitly
demonstrates:
1) utilization of
two course
resources; and
2) authentic
engagement of
families in
addressing the
identified issue.

The action plan
clearly
demonstrates:
utilization of two
course
resources; and
authentic
engagement of
families in
addressing the
identified issue.

The action plan
vaguely
demonstrates: 1)
utilization of two
course
resources; and
2) authentic
engagement of
families in
addressing the
identified issue.

The action plan
fails to
demonstrate: 1)
utilization of two
course resources;
or 2) authentic
engagement of
families in
addressing the
identified issue.

20 Points 16 – 19 Points 12 – 15 Points 0 – 11 Points
Standard 4a
Understandin
g positive
relationships
and
supportive
interactions
as the
foundation of
their work
with children.

Detailed
description of
advocacy
position issue
with explicit
connection to
one of the five
protective
factors.

Description of
advocacy
position is
missing key
points and or
the connection
to the protective
factor is loosely
described.

Description of
advocacy
position is vague
and or the
connection to
the protective
factor is vague.

Description of
advocacy issue is
vague and
connection to
protective factor is
not included.

16 Points 13 – 15 Points 10 – 12 Points 0 – 9 Points
Standard 6a
Identifying

Presents
advocacy

Presents
advocacy
Presents
advocacy

Presents
advocacy position

and
involving
oneself with
the early
childhood
field.

position that
included all four
of the following:
1) explanation
why the issue
was selected;
2) reason to
advocate for
change; 3) one
sociological
theory; and 4)
at least two
fundamental
concepts such
as an ideal or
principle form
the NAEYC
Code of Ethics.

position that
includes three
of the following:
explanation why
the issue was
selected;
reason to
advocate for
change; one
sociological
theory; and at
least two
fundamental
concepts such
as an ideal or
principle form
the NAEYC
Code of Ethics.

position that
includes only
two of the
following:
explanation why
the issue was
selected; reason
to advocate for
change; one
sociological
theory; and at
least two
fundamental
concepts such
as an ideal or
principle form
the NAEYC
Code of Ethics.

that includes only
one of the
following:
explanation why
the issue was
selected; reason
to advocate for
change; one
sociological
theory; and at
least two
fundamental
concepts such as
an ideal or
principle form the
NAEYC Code of
Ethics.

12 Points 10 – 11 Points 7 – 9 Points 0 – 6 Points
Standard 6b
Knowing
about and
upholdin
g ethical
standards
and other
early
childhood
professio
nal
guideline
s.

Provides
detailed
description of
the application
of at least one
ideal or
principle from
the NAEYC
Code of Ethical
Conduct, and a
detailed
description of
the application
of
at least one
standard from
the Family and
Community
Relationships
standards.

Provides
detailed
description of
the application
of at least one
ideal or
principle from
the NAEYC
Code of Ethical
Conduct, and a
clear
description of
the application
of
at least one
standard from
the Family and
Community
Relationships
standards.

Provides a
sparsely detailed
description of
the application of
at least one ideal
or principle from
the NAEYC
Code of Ethical
Conduct, and a
sparsely detailed
description of
the application of
at least one
standard from
the Family and
Community
Relationships
standards.

Provides a
sparsely detailed
description of the
application of at
least one ideal or
principle from the
NAEYC Code of
Ethical Conduct,
and lacks a
description of the
application of
at least one
standard from the
Family and
Community
Relationships
standards.

12 Points 10 – 11 Points 7 – 9 Points 0 – 6 Points
Standard 6c
Engaging
in
continuo
us,
collaborat

Utilized two or
more
evidence-based
programs,
approaches,
strategies

Utilized only
one
evidence-based
programs,
approaches,
strategies

Utilized only one
evidence-based
programs,
approaches,
strategies and/or
tool from course

Utilized only one
evidence-based
programs,
approaches,
strategies and/or
tools but one

ive
learning
to inform
practice;
using
technolog
y
effectivel
y with
young
children,
with
peers,
and as a
professio
nal
resource.

and/or tools
from course
resources that
show action
plan supports
families as their
children’s first
and most
important
teachers and
advocates and
describe
partnership
arrangement to
create action
team.

and/or tools
from course
resources that
show action
plan supports
families as their
children’s first
and most
important
teachers
advocates and
describe
partnership
arrangement to
create action
team.

resources that
show action plan
supports families
as their
children’s first
and most
important
teachers
advocates but
does not
describe
partnership
arrangement to
create action
team.

which is not a
resource provided
within the course
resources that
show action plan
supports families
as their children’s
first and most
important
teachers
advocates and/or
does not describe
partnership
arrangement to
create action
team.

12 Points 10 – 11 Points 7 – 9 Points 0 – 6 Points
Standard 6e
Engaging
in
informed
advocacy
for young
children
and the
early
childhood
professio
n.

Thorough,
persuasive
advocacy
statement.
Demonstrated
application of all
three
requirements:
one sociological
theory; and two
fundamental
course
concepts.

Clearly
presented
advocacy
statement.
Contains all
three
requirements.

Presented
advocacy
statement in
vague terms
and/or missing
one of the three
requirements.

Poorly stated
advocacy
position. Missing
two of the three
requirements.

8 Points 6 – 7 Points 5 Points 0 – 4 Points
Profession
al Written
Communic
ation

Writing and
format are
clear,
professional,
APA compliant
(in-text
citations; all
references cited
on reference
page), and error
free (spelling,
grammar,

Writing and
format are
somewhat
clear, APA
compliant,
couple errors
that do not
impede
professional
presentation.
Guidelines are
followed
completely.

Writing and
format are vague
and/or APA non-
compliant and/or
few errors that
do not impede
professional
presentation
Guidelines are
not followed
completely.

Writing and
format are poor
APA non-
compliant Multiple
errors impede
professional
presentation
Guidelines are not
followed.

sentence
structure).
Guidelines are
followed
completely.

Requirements